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Pont d'Aël
Carries	Aqueduct to Augusta Praetoria
Crosses	Grand Eyvia
Locale	Pondel, Aosta Valley, Italy
Design	Arch bridge
Material	Stone
Total length	60.46 m
Width	2.26 m
Longest span	14.24 m
Number of spans	1
Completion date	3 BC

The Pont d'Aël (Italian: Ponte del Pondel meaning "Bridge of Pondel") is a Roman aqueduct bridge in the community of the same name in the Aosta Valley, Italy. The bridge, constructed in 3 BC, carried water for the agricultural lands of the newly founded colony Augusta Praetoria (today: Aosta) across a side valley, 66 m above the bottom. It belonged to a sophisticated, 6 km long aqueduct, running along the steep cliffs of the valley. The originally three-story structure featured a roofed control corridor; notably, it was privately financed. Today, the Pont d'Aël carries a hiking trail.

Besides the Pont d'Aël, two other Roman bridges in the Aosta valley are still intact: the Pont-Saint-Martin in the town of the same name and the Pont de Pierre in Aosta.

[edit] Bridge inscription

IMP CAESARE AVGVSTO XIII COS DESIG

C AVILLIVS C F CAIMVS PATAVINVS

PRIVATVM

Completed:

Imperatore Caesare Augusto XIII consule designato

Gaius Avillius Gaii filius Caimus Patavinus

privatum

[edit] See also

• Roman bridge
• List of Roman bridges
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering

[edit] Sources

• Döring, Mathias (1997), "Die römische Wasserleitung von Pondel im Val d'Aosta/Italien. Bestandsaufnahme des Bauwerks aus dem Jahre 3 v. Chr.", Mitteilungen des Instituts für Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft, Technische Universität Darmstadt 101 
• Döring, Mathias (1998), "Die römische Wasserleitung von Pondel (Aostatal)", Antike Welt 29 (2): 127–134 

[edit] External links

• Media related to Pont d'Aël at Wikimedia Commons
• Mathias Döring: Roman Irrigation Aqueduct in Aosta/Italy
• Homepage of Aymavilles: Pont D'Aël
• Aqueduc.info: L’histoire d’un aqueduc devenu chemin muletier (French)

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Coordinates: 45°40′36″N 7°13′20″E / 45.676667°N 7.222309°E / 45.676667; 7.222309